diff --git a/tests/thread_cooperation/Makefile b/tests/thread_cooperation/Makefile
index d07085a50a..2dccd1a62b 100644
--- a/tests/thread_cooperation/Makefile
+++ b/tests/thread_cooperation/Makefile
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ PROBLEM ?= 12
 
 CFLAGS += -DPROBLEM=$(PROBLEM)
 
+test:
+	./tests/01-run.py
+
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
diff --git a/tests/thread_cooperation/tests/01-run.py b/tests/thread_cooperation/tests/01-run.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4876418231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/thread_cooperation/tests/01-run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+# Copyright (C) 2017 HAW Hamburg
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+# directory for more details.
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['RIOTBASE'], 'dist/tools/testrunner'))
+import testrunner
+
+def testfunc(child):
+    child.expect(r"MAIN: reply from T-\d+")
+    child.expect(r"MAIN: \d+! = \d+")
+    child.expect_exact("[SUCCESS]")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(testrunner.run(testfunc))